Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting in Iowa

Summary:

Child abuse and neglect is widespread and associated with a variety of psychosocial problems. While federal law broadly defines child abuse, each state is charged with refining and specifying what constitutes child abuse, and outlining report and investigation procedures. A biopsychosocial assessment can provide the background knowledge needed to create a plan for treatment. Professionals should pay attention to particular indicators of abuse during assessment of child abuse. Iowa Code defines categories of mandatory reporters who are required to report cases of suspected child abuse. The Iowa Department of Human Services outlines its assessment and investigation procedures for these reports. IDHS staff members assess the level of risk to the child and make recommendations for action to ensure the safety and well-being of the child. Practitioners may be involved with intervention activities.

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Practical, thorough information. There may need to be more information for the two hours; I read through it faster than that so I ended up just rereading to spend the time. Since I have been through this training multiple times, a lot of the information was already known to me and so it was an easy read.